Download the app
educalingo
Search
People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
Tracy Chapman

Meaning of "misdirected" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MISDIRECTED

misdirected  [ˌmɪsdɪˈrektɪd] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISDIRECTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misdirected is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MISDIRECTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misdirected in the English dictionary

The definition of misdirected in the dictionary is something such as an effort or attempt that is misguided is used for a wrong or bad purpose. Other definition of misdirected is misdirected mail is mail on which the wrong address has been written.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISDIRECTED


addicted
əˈdɪktɪd
affected
əˈfɛktɪd
attracted
əˈtræktɪd
collected
kəˈlɛktɪd
connected
kəˈnɛktɪd
directed
dɪˈrɛktɪd
disconnected
ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd
elected
ɪˈlɛktɪd
expected
ɪkˈspɛktɪd
infected
ɪnˈfektɪd
neglected
nɪˈɡlektɪd
obtected
ɒbˈtektɪd
projected
prəˈdʒektɪd
protected
prəˈtɛktɪd
respected
rɪˈspɛktɪd
restricted
rɪˈstrɪktɪd
suspected
səˈspɛktɪd
unexpected
ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd
unprojected
ˌʌnprəˈdʒektɪd
unrecollected
ˌʌnrekəˈlektɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISDIRECTED

misdesert
misdevelop
misdevotion
misdiagnose
misdiagnoses
misdiagnosis
misdial
misdiet
misdight
misdirect
misdirection
misdistribution
misdivide
misdivision
misdo
misdoer
misdoubt
misdoubtful
misdraw
misdread

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISDIRECTED

dejected
disaffected
dissected
impacted
inflected
self-directed
unaffected
uncollected
unconnected
uncorrected
undetected
undirected
unelected
uninfected
unprotected
unselected
unsuspected
well-connected
well-protected
well-respected
write-protected

Synonyms and antonyms of misdirected in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misdirected» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MISDIRECTED

Find out the translation of misdirected to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misdirected from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misdirected» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

误导
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mal dirigido
570 millions of speakers

English

misdirected
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

misdirected
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهدورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

засланный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mal dirigida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভুল নির্দেশিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mal orientée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salah arah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fehlgeleitete
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誤った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘못 배달
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misdirected
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sai địa chỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறாக இயக்கப்படும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Misdirected
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlış yönlendirilmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misdirected
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wypaczeniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

засланий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gresit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάθος κατεύθυνση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misplaaste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

felriktad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feilsendt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misdirected

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISDIRECTED»

The term «misdirected» is regularly used and occupies the 65.958 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
69
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «misdirected» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of misdirected
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «misdirected».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISDIRECTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misdirected» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misdirected» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misdirected

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «MISDIRECTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misdirected.
1
Christopher Bond
Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
2
Tracy Chapman
People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
3
Russell Means
I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.
4
George Muller
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISDIRECTED»

Discover the use of misdirected in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misdirected and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Murder Misdirected
A fortune in diamonds is missing and everyone, including the FBI and an unknown killer, is after them.
Andrew MacRae, 2012
2
Productivity and discipline: victims of misdirected social ...
Examines Supreme Court And High Court Judgements In Relation To The Objectives Of Planned Development - Opines That The Industrial Jurisprudence Based On The Concepts Of Social Justice, Industrial Peace And Job Security Has Only Presented ...
Sushil Chandra Jain, 1988
3
Murder and the Reasonable Man: Passion and Fear in the ...
The misdirected retaliation rule is another example of the justificatory nature of the provocation defense. In many jurisdictions, the provocation defense can only be asserted if the defendant kills the person who provoked him into a heat of ...
Cynthia Lee, 2003
4
Techniques in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery: A Personal Tutorial
The. Diagnosis. and. Management. of. Misdirected. Eyelashes. Figure 5-1 Normal eyelid margin. The lid margin is a. Chapter contents Introduction 113 Anatomic considerations 113 The normal eyelid margin 113 Treatment of trichiasis 118 ...
Jeffrey A. Nerad, 2012
5
Misdirected: An Annie Thesbon Novel
Bible passages left at the scenes have police baffled: is this the work of a religious zealot or a clever smokescreen hiding a homicidal maniac?
J. Michael Weihrauch, 2010
6
Temper and Tantrums Tamers
Goal: To assist students who take out their anger on teachers, other school staff, or peers, to recognize that their anger is "outside anger" misdirected towards school. Materials: Chalkboard, chalk. 1. A Inform the students that they will be ...
Ruth Herman Wells, 1993
7
Intelligibility in Speech Disorders: Theory, Measurement, ...
As can be seen in the Table, all subjects show evidence of misdirected articulatory gestures, that is, gestures that are normal in their spatial configuration but are produced in inappropriate places. There is abundant evidence from these data ...
Raymond D. Kent, 1992
8
Maturation of the Nervous System
These data demonstrate that misdirected reflexes must be elicited chiefly by nerve fibers reaching the back skin via the dorsal nerve trunks, and at best only in part from ventral CRF extensions. Since enlargement of regenerated CRFs occurs ...
M. A. Corner, 2011
9
Time Frames and Taboo Data: A History of Mankind's ...
This is especially true when a chronicler pretends to record "spiritual" objectives or guidance. There is always a measure of the unknown in "any" record, but it is predominant in "faith" accounts.
C. Houck, 2006
10
Writing Dialogue
In what ways is the dialogue "misdirected" and what do these movements reveal? 2. Try writing the same dialogue in the four different styles mentioned in this chapter: directed, interpolated, misdirected and modulated. Choose one that's long ...
Tom Chiarella, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISDIRECTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misdirected is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Misdirected criticism
David Gibbon's letter of July 12 was misleading. The Pennsbury school property tax is not the "largest bill most families will pay this year," even ... «Bucks County Courier Times, Jul 15»
2
Archbishop's statement to congressional committees on immigration …
The Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing, titled “Oversight of the Administration's Misdirected Immigration Enforcement Policies: Examining ... «Catholic San Francisco, Jul 15»
3
Joe Biden Injured After Playing With His Dog
It turns out it was not from a misdirected toothbrush but a wound from being in the line of dog parent duty. The AP reported, "The vice president's ... «DCist.com, Jul 15»
4
DLT: Social Security numbers exposed
... of Labor and Training. The machine malfunctioned and misdirected some pieces of mail into envelopes addressed to the wrong recipients. «Turn to 10, Jul 15»
5
FOX5 Universal Studios Hollywood Sweepstakes Official Rules
Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, incomplete, misaddressed, garbled, undelivered or misdirected entries. «KVVU Las Vegas, Jul 15»
6
Full-Length Trailer for Pixar's New Adventure 'The Good Dinosaur'
This trailer is incredible too, but I can't shake the feeling that I'm being misdirected and it will really be dopier than it looks. And I think it's all ... «First Showing, Jul 15»
7
Written statement to House Judiciary Committee on "Immigration …
... Committee on the Judiciary for its hearing on “Oversight of the Administration's Misdirected Immigration Enforcement Policies: Examining the ... «Human Rights Watch, Jul 15»
8
Funtown becomes target of misdirected outrage
Funtown Splashtown USA in Saco has become the target of angry phone calls, emails, Facebook posts and tweets meant for a similarly named ... «Mainebiz, Jul 15»
9
Niagara Falls Residents want better neighborhoods
Sam Archie, campaign manager for Choolokian for Mayor of Niagara Falls believes the interest is misdirected. "Everything is focused ... «WGRZ-TV, Jul 15»
10
FULL TEXT: "Employer Can Expel Workers Anytime" Supreme Court …
“The Labour Court erred and seriously misdirected itself on a question of law by upholding the termination of the appellants' contracts of ... «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Misdirected [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/misdirected>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z